Device for converting pool-tables into billiard-tables



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W. P. WAGGONER.

DEVICE FOR CONVERTING POOL TABLES INTO BILLIARD TABLES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WV. PRESTON VVAGGONER, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR CONVERTING POOL-TABLES INTO BlLLlARD-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,092, dated October 13, 1885.

Application filed November 17, 1884. Serial No. 148,102.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WV. PRESTON WAG- GONER, a resident of the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain Improved Device for Converting Pool-Tables into Billiard-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to utilize the form of the pocket-openings in a pool-table for the purpose of retaining in proper position sections of cushion of suitable form and arrangement to coact with the pool-table cushion for the purpose of forming a continuous rail.

To accomplish the above-mentioned result, I provide said cushion-sections with elastic formations integral therewith, and of suitable form, construction, and arrangement to be precisely compressed in said pocket-openings and hold the cushion-sections in alignment with the cushion of the table.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corner-cushion with its peculiarity of construction. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4. represent a side elevation and a longitudinal central vertical section of the same, respectively. Fig. 5 is a plan of the side-pocket cushion. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of said side-p0cket cushion. Fig. 7 is a central vertical section of the same, and Fig 8 represents the same in perspective. Fig. 9 is a plan of a billiard-table top, showing my devices in position thereon.

(t represents segmental blocks, that fit in the openings of the cushion-rails.

b b show the cushion formed on blocks a.

0 indicates expansions of blocks a, that tend to hold said blocks in position in the pocketopenings.

d shows plate-extensions on the lower surfaces of blocks a, the function of the same being to completely close the openings in the table-top.

e indicates concave surfaces on the edges of plates d, which rest against the edges of the openings of the table-top and afford support for said plates.

f shows concave depressions on the edges of blocks a, that fit under the pocket-irons of the table.

9 indicates concavities in the lower surfaces (No model.)

of blocks a,which are designed to increase the elasticity of said blocks. I

h are the pocket-irons of the table, and t is the cushion-rail, and m the cushion of the same.

The entire device should be made of a material sufiiciently elastic to permit its insertion in the pocket-openings and insure its retention in the same.

As indicatedin Fig. 9, the pool-table is converted into a pocketless billiard-table by inserting one of my devices in each pocketopening.

By forming my device integrally, cheapness and durability are pre-eminently attained, and the simplicity of the elastic securing element perfects the facility of its application.

The part of my device that forms the cushion may be covered to conform in appearance to the cushion of the table, and the upper surface of block a may be veneered to correspond with the veneering of rail 2'.

I am aware of the Patent to J oergens, No. 264,165, September 12, 1882, in which wooden blocks provided with rubber cushions are precisely fitted into the pocket-openings of a pooltable and secured by latchplates to the tablerail, and 1 therefore lay no claim to such a construction.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for converting pool-tables into pocketless billiard-tables, consisting in blocks or plates elastic throughout, provided with sections of cushion of suitable size and shape to cooperate with the table-cushion and form a continuous rail, and adapted by size, shape, and inherent elasticity to precisely fit in the pocket-openings and retain the cushion-sections in proper alignment, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a device for converting pool-tables into pocketless billiard-tables, consisting in a block conforming in size and shape to the pocket-opening of a pool-table, and provided with sections of cushion integral therewith, the entire device being composed throughout of an elastic substance, substantially as set forth.

WV. PRESTON VVAGGONER.

Attest:

I. D. WALKER, W. I. WALKER. 

